Black Shoe Diaries · Oct 18, 2023
Lion Tales: Ohio State
The first time I ever watched Penn State play at Ohio Stadium was in 1993. It wasn’t enjoyable.
Neither was 1996 or 1998 or 2000 or 2002 or 2004 or 2006.
Penn State finally won at the Horseshoe for the first time in Big Ten play in 2008. But let’s pause for a moment to remember that Joe Paterno’s teams didn’t always play scared or conservative, nor were they always mistake prone in Columbus.
That’s right. In 1978 (well before this blogger was born), on its way to a No. 1 national ranking and a bowl game shot at a national title, Penn State was downright dominant on one glorious day in Columbus.
And ffterwards, Paterno was downright smug.